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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [697]

Cheltenham [111]

Cheltenham England [90]

Cheltenham Victoria [77]

Cheltenham, Gloucs [13]

St Paul's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [10]

Cheltenham South Australia [8]

Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [7]

Cheltenham Gloucestershire [7]

Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [7]

Cheltenham, England [5]

St Mark's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5]

Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5]

Cheltenham, Glos [4]

Cheltenham, Gloucester [4]

Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4]

Near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4]

Cheltenham Gloucestershire. [3]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3]

Charlton Kings, Cheltenham [2]

Cheltenham , Gloucestershire [2]

Cheltenham Gloucs. [2]

Cheltenham, Glos. [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Cheltenham,Gloucestershire [2]

Shurdington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

St Peter's, Cheltenham [2]

St. Paul's, Cheltenham [2]

2 New Street Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

All Saints, Cheltenham [1]

Allchurch, Cheltenham, Glos. [1]

Bourton-On-Water, Rockcliffe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Brockhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

CHELTENHAM [1]

Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucs [1]

Charlton Kings,Cheltenham,Gloucs. [1]

Cheltenham , Gloucestershire . [1]

Cheltenham Gloucs [1]

Cheltenham registration district, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucester [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheltenham, County Leicester [1]

Cheltenham, Glostershire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucs. [1]

Cheltenham, Kent [1]

Cheltenham, Manawatu [1]

Cheltenham,Glos [1]

Cheltenham. Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [172]

Captain [30]

Lieutenant [25]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Serjeant [22]

Corporal [19]

Major [16]

Lance Corporal [12]

Sapper [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Driver [6]

Gunner [5]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Sergeant [3]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

A/CSM [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Farrier Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Air Marshal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombadier [1]

Bombadier (acting rank) [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [74]

South Wales Borderers [24]

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Labour Corps [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS TIGER [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [2]

South Wales Borderers Depot [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

1/5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) [1]

10th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

12th Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [419]

British Army [273]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [259]

Australian Imperial Force [177]

Indian Army [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [138]

H [120]

S [101]

W [94]

P [81]

C [78]

M [74]

T [50]

R [49]

D [46]

G [43]

L [41]

F [40]

J [38]

A [33]

N [29]

E [23]

K [21]

O [20]

V [13]

I [6]

U [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1103]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [128]

Australia [2]

India [2]

Bermuda [1]

Kenya [1]

Netherlands [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [697] Cheltenham [111] Cheltenham England [90] Cheltenham Victoria [77] Cheltenham, Gloucs [13] St Paul's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [10] Cheltenham South Australia [8] Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [7] Cheltenham Gloucestershire [7] Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [7] Cheltenham, England [5] St Mark's, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5] Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [5] Cheltenham, Glos [4] Cheltenham, Gloucester [4] Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4] Near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [4] Cheltenham Gloucestershire. [3] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England [3] Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3] Charlton Kings, Cheltenham [2] Cheltenham , Gloucestershire [2] Cheltenham Gloucs. [2] Cheltenham, Glos. [2] Cheltenham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Cheltenham,Gloucestershire [2] Shurdington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] St Peter's, Cheltenham [2] St. Paul's, Cheltenham [2] 2 New Street Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] All Saints, Cheltenham [1] Allchurch, Cheltenham, Glos. [1] Bourton-On-Water, Rockcliffe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Brockhampton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] CHELTENHAM [1] Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucs [1] Charlton Kings,Cheltenham,Gloucs. [1] Cheltenham , Gloucestershire . [1] Cheltenham Gloucs [1] Cheltenham registration district, Gloucestershire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucester [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cheltenham, County Leicester [1] Cheltenham, Glostershire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, [1] Cheltenham, Gloucs. [1] Cheltenham, Kent [1] Cheltenham, Manawatu [1] Cheltenham,Glos [1] Cheltenham. Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [172] Captain [30] Lieutenant [25] Second Lieutenant [22] Serjeant [22] Corporal [19] Major [16] Lance Corporal [12] Sapper [12] Able Seaman [11] Ordinary Seaman [10] Stoker 1st Class [9] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Driver [6] Gunner [5] Rifleman [5] Acting Corporal [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Sergeant [3] Brigadier General [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Telegraphist [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] A/CSM [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Farrier Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Commodore [1] Air Marshal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombadier [1] Bombadier (acting rank) [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [74] South Wales Borderers [24] Royal Engineers [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Royal Field Artillery [12] Labour Corps [10] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Air Force [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS TIGER [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS VALIANT [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [2] South Wales Borderers Depot [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] 1/5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) [1] 10th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 12th Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [419] British Army [273] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [259] Australian Imperial Force [177] Indian Army [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [138] H [120] S [101] W [94] P [81] C [78] M [74] T [50] R [49] D [46] G [43] L [41] F [40] J [38] A [33] N [29] E [23] K [21] O [20] V [13] I [6] U [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1103] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [128] Australia [2] India [2] Bermuda [1] Kenya [1] Netherlands [1] New Zealand [1]

Alfred Henry Nottingham

Born 1876

Died 1933

British Army 24286 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 11th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 24286 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 11th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 24286 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 11th (Reserve) Battalion

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Harold Stephen Douglas Stewart

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 37886 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur George Hart

Born 1885

Died 1939

British Army WR/500035 Serjeant Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

British Army 55915 Sgt Royal Engineers Railway Troops Depot, Longmoor Camp

British Army 500035 Sgt Royal Engineers BEF

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Oliver William Devereux

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 26551 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 26551 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 10th battalion gloucest Battalion

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Mark William Hall

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 39547 Private Devonshire Regiment 13th Works Battalion

British Army 144796 Private Labour Corps

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John Harold Elleston Rickerby

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment

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Ernest James Prust

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 17612 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Herbert Algernon Vale

Born 1886

Died 1961

British Army 3018 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army TR/13/1531 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Ernest G Smith

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 28613 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 20356 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 2 242336 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd/5th Bn

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John Charles Clapham

Died 1918

British Army 29502 Gloucester Regt

British Army S/28489 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Samuel Boulton Bourne

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 257162 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 107859 Sapper Royal Field Artillery

British Army WR/269519 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Department

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Arthur Travers Harris

Born 1892

Died 1984

British Army Major Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major 45 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Squadron Leader R.A.F Digby

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Percy Arkell

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3403 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 241151 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 13th (Service) Battalion (Forest of Dean)

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Fred Herbert Carr

Born 1885

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84099 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Frederick James Hawker

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 8 Battalion

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Eric Godwin Chance

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 11056 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 28 Squadron

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John William O'nion

Born 1872

Died 1919

British Army 371498 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 3rd/8th Battalion

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Albert Wilfred Nottingham

Born 1899

Died 1967

British Army 34726 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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William Thomas Downes Richards

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 134168 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 301st Siege Bty.

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Henry Widdows

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 63632 Sergeant Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

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